Venus was awarded a scholarship to Wakefield Art College after which she was employed in industry as a technical illustrator, until leaving work to become a full time mother. After the children had grown up she returned to her own education, completing a Foundation/Fine arts course at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, and later qualifying as a teacher.

Whilst in Nottingham she taught art and screenprinting to full-time and recreational students, as well as running Art Workshops for the mentally handicapped.

Venus moved to Keswick in 1988 and took on a part-time teaching position running an art workshop for Lairthwaite Adult Education Centre. She also set up her studio at home, working in watercolours, acrylics and mono-screenprints.

She has now given up teaching in order to concentrate on her own work, which is exhibited in several galleries and invited exhibitions in Cumbria and the NorthEast.

The name Venus comes from her maternal Grandmother and to the relief of her daughters has not been inflicted on future generations